1999-08-29 RM Exhibits
PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY
IN NEW HANOVER COUNTY
Pursuant to County Ordinance Article II Section 6.7"16 and Chapter 166A of the General
Statutes and Article 36A Chapter 14 of the North Carolina General Statutes, I have determined that
a State of Emergency as defined in the New Hanover County Ordinance Section 7.5 exists in the
County of New Hanover.
I, therefore, proclaim the existence of a State of Emergency in the County of New Hanover
I hereby order all county law enforcement officers and county employees and all other
emergency management personnel subject to my control to cooperate in the enforcement and
implementation of the provisions of the county emergency ordinances which are set forth below
A mandatory evacuation has been ordered to begin at 12:00 noon on Sunday, August 29,
1999 for the barrier islands consisting of Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, the unincorporated area of
Pleasure Island, Wrightsville Beach, and Figure Eight Island. Residents living in Mobile Homes
should also seek hardened shelter
Evacuation shelters will be opened at Emma B.Trask Middle School and Dorothy B. Johnson
Elementary School at 3.30 p.m. on Sunday, August 29,1999 with no mass feeding this evening.
All civilians and emergency management personnel are ordered to comply with the
emergency operations plan.
This proclamation shall become effective immediately Proclaimed this the 29th day of
August, 1999, at 11 45 a.m.
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William A. Caster, Chairman
Board of County Commissioners
Attest:
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L e F Harrell, Clerk to the Board